Istat Chief Rues Paucity of Electoral Debate

Enrico Giovannini, the ace statistician who heads Italy’s National Institute for Statistics, isn’t going to vote in Italy’s general election later this month.

But that’s only because he’ll be on a plane to an international conference.

At any rate, he’s pretty glum on the campaign currently being waged in the local media. That’s because the former chief statistician for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is sure there’s a connection between numbers and reality, a connection that’s been ignored in local politics.